Pierre Goupillon and Stephen Rubini win in Castelnau-de-Lévis
Yesterday the second race of the French 24 MX Elite Championship was held in Castelnau-de-Lévis. Pierre Goupillon took the victory in MX2, while Stephen Rubini won in MX1.
MX1
Stephen Rubini won the MX1 class while Greg Aranda, second of the day with sixth place and a win in the heats, took over the championship lead from Jeffrey Herlings.
It is on a fairly dry but still sticky track that the MX1 riders start their first race. Stephen Rubini took the holeshot and dominated his rivals from start to finish. The Honda SR Motoblouz rider won his first 450 race. Jimmy Clochet (Honda) finishes second, ten seconds behind the leader. Then we find Xavier Boog, particularly at ease in these special circumstances. Valentin Guillod (4th), recovered well after a bad start, stays ahead of Mathys Boisramé (5th). Greg Aranda takes the points for sixth place, ahead of Milko Potisek (7th), who was held up mid-race after a crash while battling for the top five.
Stephen Rubini, again author of the holeshot in the second race, takes Greg Aranda with him. The two men widened the gap before the Yamaha rider found the opening and won the heat. The battle for third place is fierce between Jimmy Clochet, Valentin Guillod, Xavier Boog and Mathys Boisramé. Ultimately it was the Swiss rider of Honda SR Motoblouz who finished third ahead of Boisramé, Milko Potisek who finished the race strongly and Jimmy Clochet.
A first victory for Stephen Rubini (1/2) ahead of Greg Aranda (6/1) and Valentin Guillod (4/3). Aranda takes the lead in the championship, eight points ahead of Guillod and fourteen ahead of Boisramé.
MX2
Pierre Goupillon took victory in the MX2 class yesterday. The race was held in difficult conditions due to rain showers that made the track particularly demanding.
Goupillon grabbed the holeshot in heat one and remained in the lead until the checkered flag, more than a minute and twenty seconds ahead of a solid Bogdan Krajewski (KTM GT Racing). After a very mediocre start, Quentin Prugnières fought hard to get back to third place, ahead of Honda SR rider Emil Weckman and Arnaud Aubin. The 2022 junior champion Adrien Petit finished sixth just ahead of Florian Miot.
In the second race, Goupillon started in the lead again, but crashed on the first lap. He had to restart from 13th place and left Prugnières and Krajewski fighting for first place. Determined, the Breton rider came back in third, crashed again before attacking and passing Krajewski again for second.
The final round is insane. Under pressure, Prugnières repulses the KTM rider's attacks. The two men collide several times and in the end it is the Bud Racing official who wins by a narrow margin ahead of Goupillon and Krajewski. Weckman and Maxime Charlier completed the top five ahead of Florian Miot and Nicolas Dercourt. Goupillon (1/2) occupies the highest step of the podium. Quentin Prugnières (3/1) is second ahead of Bogdan Krajewski (2/3). In the provisional rankings, Goupillon takes over the lead from Lucas Coenen, two-time winner in Lacapelle.
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